"Such a spirited girl you are," he said, eyeing her up and down.

A lively, spirited girl, she has been educated by her father's old tutor.

"It could also be a mistake with a spirited girl."

In a proud and spirited girl the reaction was inevitable.

A spirited girl, she has a reputation for exaggerating and making up stories.

These spirited girls were now to become borias, young brides.

Whoever she had been, the spirited young girl with all her life before her, would never be again.

Katie Carpenter, an old friend, called her "the most spirited girl on the planet."

She was characterised as a free spirited and independent girl.

And such lies, spoken by a spirited girl, could carry the weight of real sincerity.